René Elizondo Jr.

American songwriter (born 1962)

Janet Jackson

(m. 1991; div. 2003)

Britt Coelho

(m. 2010)

Children1

René Elizondo Jr. (born July 16, 1962) is a Mexican dancer, songwriter and music video director. He was married to American singer Janet Jackson from 1991 to 2003.

Early life and career

Born in Durango, Mexico, Elizondo and Jackson met in the early 1980s and later became a backup dancer to Janet's older sister La Toya Jackson. Elizondo and Jackson married in 1991.^[1] Elizondo directed her videos for "That's the Way Love Goes", "Again", and "Together Again" (Deeper Remix) and was a songwriter on The Velvet Rope.^[2] It is his hands that cover Jackson's breasts on the cover of the September 1993 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, the expanded cover art of her janet. album.^[3] René also appeared in Jackson's "Come Back to Me" video in 1990 from her album Rhythm Nation (1989).^[4] Elizondo was heavily involved in Jackson's business affairs, but the two fell out as marital partners. They divorced in 2003.^[1]

In August 2010, Elizondo married Britt Coelho, his longtime girlfriend, in a small beach ceremony. The couple had a baby girl on October 9, 2011. ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Janet Jackson's Divorce To Rene Elizondo Now Official". Popdirt. October 25, 2003. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
^ "Sex, Sadness and the Triumph of Janet Jackson". Rolling Stone. October 1, 1998. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^ "How Janet Jackson's 'Janet.' Broke New Ground for Black Female Sexuality". Rolling Stone. May 18, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
^ "JANET JACKSON'S LIVE AMMUNITION". The Washington Post. March 22, 1990. Retrieved January 20, 2023.